May, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22459815 9 May 2013 Age of consent should be 13, says barrister A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13. Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal to end the “persecution of […]

USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com) May 19, 2014 The mother of five remembers the moment when everything she thought she knew about raising her children exploded into shards of anger, despair and confusion.She was sitting at a conference table with federal computer forensics experts, a victim’s advocate, a police detective, and state and federal prosecutors. They showed […]

By Fr. Shay Cullen There is growing international clamor for the filtering and blocking of child pornography and cyber-sex on the internet. The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission is under the national and international spotlight for not implementing the anti-child porn law law since 2009. They have promised to do it by June, five years […]

MANILA, Philippines ­ After nearly 3 decades of being stuck at committee level, the anti-political dynasty bill was sponsored before the plenary of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 6. “This opens a new page in the history of our country,” Capiz Representative Fredenil Castro, chairperson of the committee on suffrage and electoral reforms, […]

May 2014 By Emer McCarthy (Vatican Radio via CNUA) Pope Francis met with executives from the United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes on Friday, led by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Speaking to the men and women who manage the UN’s vast network of humanitarian offices, he urged them to challenge all forms of injustice […]

Vatican advisory board (ABC via CNUA) Roman Catholic bishops should be held accountable if they fail to report suspected sexual abuse or protect children from paedophile priests, a panel advising Pope Francis says. After holding its first meeting, the new Vatican advisory board says current church laws are out of date. It says it will […]

Fr. Shay Cullen The Philippines is quickly becoming the killing fields for journalists, reporters, and writers with 14 killed in 2013; ten of them by suspected assassination squads. According to the International News Safety Institute (INSI) based in the UK, this makes the Philippines the third most dangerous place in the world for news reporters […]

By Kate McGeown BBC News, Olongapo City, the Philippines Kim and Maricel (not their real names) Kim and Maricel were forced to work as cybersex chat girls in the city of OlongapoMaricel is a shy, attractive girl, who looks younger than her 15 years. But in her short life, she has already had to deal […]

THE STANDARD. Teenager tells cops of stripping for web sex chat that turns into extortion Kenneth Foo Thursday, May 03, 2012 A 19-year-old student stripped naked during a cyber chat with a young woman who then threatened to upload his pictures on the internet if he did not cough up HK$3,000. The teenager, who lives […]